With the NFL cut-down today, there are literally hundreds of once-highly-touted prospects now available on the open market. Quarterbacks, as the saying goes, get the most credit when things are going right and the most blame when things are going wrong. For three big name quarterbacks, things went too wrong this preseason, apparently.

Veteran Jeff Garcia was a surprise signing by Oakland this year. Though one could make the argument that the Raiders might win more games with the former Pro Bowler leading the ship this season, for the long-term success of the franchise, it is difficult to argue that JaMarcus Russell will feel more comfortable with his position as the unquestioned starter with the ultra-competitive Garcia off the team.

There had been plenty of speculation that the Vikings would attempt to trade Tarvaris Jackson or perhaps Sage Rosenfels with Brett Favre now in the fold, but instead the club elected to drop former USC standout John David Booty, who insiders had suggested had improved considerably over his time with the Vikings. Don't expect Booty to be on the waiver wire for long.

Few, however, come with any more of a pedigree than former Green Bay Packer Brian Brohm, released today despite being the team's second round choice only two years ago.

Brohm, who some had suggested would have been the first overall pick of the 2007 draft had he left after his junior season, failed to impress the coaching staff despite several opportunities during the preseason. Former LSU standout, drafted by the Packers three rounds later than Brohm in the 2008 draft, made the team and apparently will be Green Bay's primary backup to young star Aaron Rodgers.

League sources had previously expressed to me how impressed the Packers had been with Flynn's development (and unimpressed with Brohm's). There was some belief throughout the league, in fact, that at least some of the reason why GM Ted Thompson was so adamant that Brett Favre's either remain retired or move on to a team other than the Vikings (remember that?) prior to the 2008 season was that he simply would not carry four quarterbacks on the Green Bay roster and liked the upside of Rodgers, Brohm and Flynn too much to allow one of the young passers to leave.